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• Blog / How to Human

  FOMO: Fear of Mis-Optimizing ice cream teaches me a thing or two

  

  there is to experience in this interval where academics don’t really ... realization is a blurred, murky grey. i first heard the term “fear of mis ... , there's a minimal difference between double majoring or just sticking with

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • September 18, 2019
• Blog / Admissions

  FAQ for Maker Portfolios You have questions - I have answers!

  

  ) There is a Maker Portfolio option? Really? A1) YES! Check out the ... website.   Q2) What is a Maker Portfolio? A2) We want to see how you ... why you did this project and what you learned.    Q6) Is a Maker

  • by Dr. Dawn '04, MS '06, PhD '11
  • October 1, 2013
• Blog / Announcements

  We are reinstating our SAT/ACT requirement for future admissions cycles in order to help us continue to build a diverse and talented MIT

  

  degree unlike almost any other institution, MIT is a place where every ... . However, our research shows there is a degree of preparation below which a ... we have today. So there is a long history of MIT tailoring its

  • by Stu Schmill '86
  • March 28, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  Yeah, I’m turning twenty, it’s terrifying one year of mit

  

  really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you ... should care about? is there a good reason I should feel obligated to ... counselor for PROMYS, which is a math camp. There were counselor seminars

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • August 28, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A New England Spring and what that means for incoming prefrosh (from outside of NE)

  

  NEVER have a pleasantly warm spring break? Hmm...well, there are a few ... ). In fact, if there was a rainstorm in the spring, there was a good ... ! One of the big things I learned about Cambridge springs is that there is

  • by Beatriz Valdez
  • March 28, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Poker, Mountains, and Magic The four words of this title have no other exact match on Google

  

  with a robot is like trying to play chess without knowing where your ... pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you ... application to computer science. Unlike Tic-Tac-Toe or Chess, poker is a game of

  • by Joel G. '18
  • February 6, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  I’ve been reading applications And I'm still reading them

  

  living room where a stately Bird of Paradise used to sit, that is now where ... perfect productivity playlist is more difficult than you’d think. As a ... wireless Bluetooth connectivity is major; I can walk around my house, make a

  • by Jeremy W.
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT Life

  My favorite room on MIT’s campus a personal room of requirement

  

  My favorite room is a well-kept secret. I won't reveal the location, but you can easily deduce longitude, latitude, and altitude from the ... , reconnection to friends, and eagerness for a fresh academic term is a permeating

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • September 24, 2015
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: The Plano Four Colin Taylor '10, Timur Sahin '10, Joanne Shih '10 and Albert Chang '10.

  

  is a school he had heard of before coming to this country," Mr. Taylor ... -bound students. "This achievement is a tribute to their pursuit of educational ... is true dedication to the things you enjoy, while balancing academics

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Dear Applicants: The College Essay part 3 of the Dear Applicants series

  

  passions. Highlight quirks. You can’t fit everything into a college essay, so ... plenty topics and stories you can choose. Most of them work. But there are ... essay, go to 3.   3 How can you describe your essence in 250 words? 100

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  "] pictured: medium right tiddy, 31DD. there is a truly profound and witty story ... 've joined a family. MIT is a hard school that can be difficult to survive ... us lmao"]quite a reputation.[/annotation] BC is known for its floors

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Athletics

  Life Lessons From Pistol Class But they don't buy pajamas / For pistol packin' mamas!

  

  Technically, there isn't much to shooting a pistol. Load rounds into ... . Inhale, raise arm. Exhale a little, press gently on the trigger until you ... though that's the last thing you feel like doing. At MIT, there are

  • by Anna H. '14
  • December 7, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  I wake to sleep An application to a telescope asked me why I learn and where I'm going. It…

  

  can't tell you honestly where I'm headed. I don't know that much. I do ... once you know something there's no helping it. It changes things. I came ... research, progress at a standstill-- that is still what I love about it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • January 27, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  The World Has Many Trees climb all of them!!

  

  , audition, or competition where you feel overwhelmingly clueless is a huge ... at some subject, then you probably like it a lot, which is important in ... produced "BloomBud" – a plant that can (sort-of) interact with you. Bloom

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • March 17, 2019
• Blog / People & Identities

  fall semester in the form of those modern poem books you buy for $15 at Urban Outfitters

  

  the desert it never gets so cold   mid-November. there is a ... you pictures of the muscles I have not sustained, and I drew a bunch of skeletal structures, glued pipes together. I can code a bit in Fusion now

  • by Amber V. '24
  • November 30, 2021
• Blog / MIT Life

  MITiplication This entry contains one multiplication problem.

  

  instinct was Method 2, you'd also show a natural talent for parallel parking ... comments is the new trend in science, so I've heard. A subtle yet ... more photos with metaphoric gravitas, so that I can start a gallery

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • June 20, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Dyslexia at MIT Living with dyslexia, and the current state of dyslexia research, at MIT and otherwise

  

  This is my final paper for Science Journalism, a science writing ... for this paper taught me a lot about a subject that is central in many ... maybe even more about myself as a writer and a person. I thought you might

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 7, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  wow. my first three weeks being an actual student actually at mit

  

  'm still in a state of shock (so try to forgive me if this post is all over ... , trying again and again to master the tire swing (which, mind you, is no ... . Here at MIT though, you have a chance to move out of your dorm during

  • by Joe B. '18
  • September 19, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Nerdin’ Out algorithms are too cool

  

  - google calendar: The idea behind interval partitioning is that you have ... . Mkkk, I'll stop nerding out now, since I think you get the idea :) There ... A couple entries ago, I described 6.046 (Design and Analysis of

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • October 7, 2012
• Blog / How to Food

  Tofu corndogs and low-fat ice cream

  

  . (Can you pick me out in that picture? Let's play Where's Mollie!) I also ... right now is to eat something. A huge something. (Actually, that's not ... . There's actually quite a wealth of yummy, low-cal/fat food out there. My

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • August 1, 2005